ONLY ONE DADDY COOL

When Bafetimbi Gomis was named in the starting XI ahead of Wilfried Bony at Loftus Road, it raised more than just the odd eyebrow.

Set to be without Bony as he prepared to join-up with the Ivory Coast ahead of their African Cup of Nations campaign, you thought boss Garry Monk would want to squeeze every last ounce out of him while he could.

Gomis got himself in a number of dangerous positions in front of goal but ultimately couldn’t apply the finish.

But when Bony was unleashed in the 71st minute, the Swans carried a different threat and he nearly made his mark after just three minutes with a brilliant free-kick matched by a stunning Rob Green save.

His turn and finish in the 92nd minute summed up the significance of his talent and the Swans’ fans chants at the end underlined how much they appreciate having him, especially with renewed speculation over his future.

NO REFEREEING RUB OF THE GREEN

Garry Monk’s dissatisfaction with his team’s treatment at the hand of referees in the first half of the season was well documented.

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But after Victor Moses-gate and his complaint that his side were coming out on the wrong side of the card count unfairly, things had quietened down of late.

That was until the sixth minute at Loftus Road when the Swans were arguably on the end of their most shocking decision of the season yet.

When Gylfi Sigurdsson played in Wayne Routledge and tried knocking it round Rob Green, the veteran stopper palmed the ball out of his path and forced him wide.

The only problem was he was two yards outside his area and should have seen red.

There also seemed little justice in Wayne Routledge’s late red card after a reckless challenge from Karl Henry which provoked it was given less serious punishment. Referee Anthony Taylor is the latest in a long line with whom the Swans have good reason to feel aggrieved.

MIDFIELD MATTERS

The Swans restored Ki Sung-yueng to the line-up after he was rested at Anfield but it was a fleeting reappearance. He was seen exiting Loftus Road with his South Korean national suitcase and was getting a 25-hour flight to join up with his national squad afterwards for the start of their Asian Cup preparations.

As well as being without him, the Swans’ indiscipline in the last week also sees Jonjo Shelvey and Routledge out with bans.

Meanwhile Jefferson Montero has a hamstring problem that will rule him out for at least a month. Though a second string is likely to feature against Tranmere in the FA Cup, after that the midfield is an area where Monk’s side is looking seriously depleted.

He may not have planned for it but you suspect Monk may be considering an early bid for a midfield player or two when the transfer window opens on Saturday.

DYER STRUGGLES

Nathan Dyer started the season like a house on fire in the August sunshine.

The goals were flowing against the likes of West Brom and Burnley and he looked a pocket dynamo capable of beating his man at will.

There was even talk he'd been unfairly shunned by England manager Roy Hodgson. But since then, things have deteriorated badly for the 27-year-old and at Loftus Road he looked a shadow of his former self. He couldn’t capitalise on a number of dangerous situations, ignored an incisive Angel Rangel overlap in the first half and his delivery from wide areas was woeful.

It was summed up on the stroke of half-time when he blazed a cross high and wide with Bafetimbi Gomis lurking in the middle. He was taken off for Marvin Emnes on the hour mark and is in desperate need of rediscovering some form.

FER PLAY TO LEROY

The Swans had a staggering 25 shots at Loftus Road and when they went in at half-time one down you wondered quite how that was the case.

But the fact was that while they had the better chances, they only hit the target six times and were shown the value of sometimes taking a direct route to goal by Leroy Fer. The R’s had been second best before he picked the ball up 25 yards out in the 20th minute and decided to try his luck.

The result was a howitzer of a strike that is an early goal of the month contender and got QPR into a winning position.

For all the Swans’ patient build-up on the edge of the box, they didn’t find the same reward and you wonder that lack of willingness to fire on goal a bit earlier held them back in making their advantage count.